This was a toss up between a few dan congs and some pu, since I've been sampling both lately. As much as I tried I didn't really get on with the dan congs, the aromas were all really enticing but I could never get much taste that I liked out of them.

The pu tasting on the other hand has been much more sucessful. So far I've tried some 2004 CCNP and 2005 Meng Hai Lao Tong Zhi. Really liking the CCNP, still undecided about the Meng Hai pu, but they have both been very impressive and different to most of the other teas I've tried so far.

the most brilliant single infusions were a new Dan Cong, Song Zhong #5 from TeaHabitat, floral, sweet, spicy, fruity, a bowl-you-over first sniff & sip tea;

the most satisfying, however, was probably some Da Hong Pao from Norbu, because what started as a minor musing (haven't had any yancha for a while) became a definite craving (I want some DHP) and reached a fever pitch (I NEED some DHP!) before I was in the right place at the right time with the tea, and then it took daily brewings for several days to satiate that craving;

and the most enlightening was a comparative tasting of several Alishan oolongs from Norbu, in which I finally 'got' the distinctive flavor of the jassid-bitten leaves from the summer 2009 'high mountain beauty' tea.